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(11) EP 0 288 213 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.09.1989 Bulletin 1989/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.10.1988 Bulletin 1988/43

(21) Application number: 88303378.9

(22) Date of filing: 14.04.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A41H 37/06, A41H 43/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE ES FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 22.04.1987 JP 100411/87
22.04.1987 JP 100412/87

(71) Applicant: YOSHIDA KOGYO K.K.
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Yunoki, Ako
    Namerikawa-shi Toyama-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: White, Martin David et al
MARKS & CLERK, 57/60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS
London WC2A 3LS (GB)


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    (54) An elongate article processing apparatus with an improved discharge device


    (57) A discharge device incorporated in an elongate article (2) processing apparatus includes a discharge unit (11) disposed immediately downstream of a cutter (15) of the apparatus and a conveyor unit (16) extending downstream of the discharge unit (11). The discharge unit (11) includes a drive roller (32) and a vertically movable pinch roller (33), the pinch roller (33) being held in its upper standby position remote from the drive roller (32) while the cutter (15) is in operation. The conveyor unit (16) includes a presser roller (45) vertically movable, in independent of the movement of the pinch roller (33), into and out of engagement with a belt conveyor (42) of the discharge unit (16).







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